[2021] Katie Chironis (Senior Designer working on Project F) gives her thoughts about the sentiment surrounding the issue of Sexism at Riot

We're able to set our pronouns through Slack. There's a place we can opt into listing them so everyone who interacts with us can make sure they use the correct ones.

I've never seen anyone use the incorrect ones--at least not willingly. I always make sure to double check and use they/them if they're not listed until I'm corrected.

Not mandatory! I actually don't, but mainly out of laziness and I very clearly present female in my photo and appearance. I think most people do set them, but not everyone. You only see it if you're going to someone's profile (you can include a short bio, photo, and it lists where you sit and your job info like title and manager).

Yeah I've definitely experienced places where things like that happen.

I think... The thing with Riot is that people want change. They want modernity and progress. The biggest thing that I wish I could get across to people is how much everyone at Riot cares. About truly not f*cking players over, creating cool stuff, and about each other. So many people I've only worked with once or twice will reach out to just check in and see how I'm doing. And I think that's super normal throughout the org. The empathy level of Rioters is honestly pretty insanely high (makes sense considering how many support mains we have). I love my coworkers so much even if sometimes I hate the company's decisions.

I can't speak for the rest of the community (I'm a bi woman in a longterm hetero relationship), but I feel pretty safe. I see change happening internally and for players who, like me, wanted to see characters that reflected who they are.

Please don't stop holding us accountable, though. It's only with support from this community that we can keep pushing for change.